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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
turday, the 5th day of March, 1887,
Sheriff Sala.

VS.. Stark County Oommon
John Baker OF W. } Pleas Court.
BY virtue OF an order Of sale Issued by the clerk of
the Court OF Common Pleas Of Stark county Ohio and
to me directed Will offer for sale at public Outcry al
the door Of the court house. In the city Of Canton on
Saturday, the 5th day of March, 1887,
the following described real estate toWt: Lots mum
Der one a. three 5l and five (5). In Bakers addition
20 Canton Ohio the same being otherwise known as
Stark county, Ohio
Lot No. appraised at $780,
Lot No. $500
Lot Mod 500.
Sale to commence at O'Clock p. IN. Terms cash.
A. LEININ6ER. Sheriff.
W.W.&J.J J. CLARK, Att'ys
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
Saturday, the 10Th day Of Feb, 1887,
Sheriff Sale.

vs. stark county Common
Amos w, Coates. Pleas Court
By virtue Of alias order to sell Issued by the CLERK
the court OF common pleas Of Stark county Ohio In the
above action and to directed will offer for sale al
public outcy at the door Of the court house In the c
OF Canton, on
Saturday, the 5th day of March, 1887,
the following described real estate situate In the
township Of Lexington county OF Stark and State OF
Ohio and known as lots number 20 and 81 in Teeters
addition to Alliance, Ohio.
Appraised at $9 800.
sale to commence at / O'Clock D. M TERMS cash
A. LEININ6ER, Sheriff.
RusH TAaeART, atty.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
Assignee's Sale.

The undersigned assignee in frost for the beneft ot
the Creditors OF David Kannal will offer for sale AZ
public auction at the Kannhl home farm one and one.
Ohio ON ! - NoNAS'
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
Saturday, the 5th day of March, 1887,
Sheriff Sale.

Sheriff Sale.
Emile Converse Order OF sale,
Stark county Common
Alfonso sauline. Pleas Court
BY virtue Of order Of sale issued by the clerk OF
the court Of common pleas Of Stark Co Ohio In the
above action and to directed Will offer for sale at
public Outcry at the door Of the court house. In the
city OF Canton, on
Saturday, the 10Th day Of Feb, 1887,
the following described real estate situate In the viii
lage OF Navarro, county OF Stark and State OF Ohio,
described as follows; beginning one hundred and nine.
tythTee feet west Of the east line Of said village of Ma
south OF First street, thence westward along said
street ttysix feet thence south to the Ohio Canal
thence east and along said canal ftysix feet thence
north to the place Of beginning containing about one
tenth Of an acre.
Appraised at $3.50.
Sale to commence at l O'Clock p. m. Terms, cash.
A. LEININGER, Sheriff.
PIERo & WRTIAcH, AttTs.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10

BY virtue OF an alias order OF sale Issued by tho clerk
OF the court of common pleas OF Stark county, o. i'm the
above action and to me directed will offer for sale al
public OutcrY on the premises on 4lI II77 :
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
Saturday, the 9Th day Of March, 1ss7
Sheriff Sale.

Mary Brown et tal Z JAlias order Of sale in Par.
,oDn :. - tltI0n sSal stark county oOm
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10

Rneeland Bros Alias Order of sale OF property at.
vs. tached after final Judgement,
A. g. Scranton, Stark county Common Pleas
Harrison Scranton court.
and others
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
DRUGGISTS

p II. BARR
(5uccessor to O. J. 6eiger.)
ORUGGIST AND PHARMACISr-OantOn o. Wnere
may be found large and well selected stock OF In
ported and Indigenous Drugs staple and rare Ohemi
cnls foreign and domestic) Medical Preparations
Trusses Supportsrs ETC., Combs. Brushes, and Per
fumery In endless variety. Special attention TO the
nllin9 OF Physicians Prescriptions.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
Appraised at $3.50.

Sale to commence at one O'Clock o. m. Terms one
third cash, and the balance in one and two equal an
nua payments with interest from day OF SALE secured
by mortgage on the premises sold.
A. LEININGER. Sheriff.
None McCARTY. Atrya
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
Sheriff Sale.

GEORGE P. HUNTER. Atty.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
Sheriff Sale.

JOHN @. WELTY, Atty.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
BANKS.

GEO. ID. HARTER Il BRO,
BANKERS,
DO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
We respectfully solicit the Business OF all person
Wishing TO open an account with bank
Money received deposit subject to check at sight
Interest allowed on time deposits
Eastern and Foreign Drafts bought and sold
6E0. ID. HARTER BRO
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10
JEWELLERS.


L EPHRAIM,
JEWEI.ER AND OPTIULAN-NO Ia East TusoarawaS
street. Fine Watches and Jewelry neatly repaired
and Spectacles properly fitted to the eye. feo6g
GEORGE DEUBLE.
I,ER-Dealer In Watches, Clocks Jewelry, Silver
ware etc. East side public square, Canton, .. ks
pairing done promptly.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-10

BALDWIN SHELLS.
ATTORNEYS AT LAw-ofdce opposite Court House,
Canton. O.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
4 False Report.


Editor Of the Argus:
VALPARAISO, INDIANA. APRIL %, 1887
Being q student of of the Northern
Indiana Normal school, and hoping to
place before the public the truth as re .
CARDS the serious epidemic that has
been reported raging at this school, will
state. us friendly act towards the
school, and also to relieve the minds of
parents and friends, who may have repre-
sentives here. that this is positively y
falshood and has no foundation what
ever.
A Chicago Inter Ocean special from
Wabash, Ind. of the 18th inst. says:
IA serious epidemic is raging among
the students of the Normal school at
Valparaiso. A few DAYS since the body
of Charles Purdy. of Wabash county,
was brought home from the Normal
school for burial He mad died
from cerebro- spinal meningitis. Tnir.
teen of the students of the Normal
are now down with the scOurge. and the
closing of the school seems inevitable
Mr.. Lincoln Gwynu. a well,known edu-
Gator. is among the number critically i'll. .
The charge that "a serious epidemic is
raging among the students of the Nor
nal school at Valparaiso" is lie manu-
featured out of whole cloth There Is
not single case of sickness in the whole
school The young mau Purdy, from
Wabash county, whose death from cere
bro-spiual meningitis is made the cause
of this malicious SANDER, came to Val
paraso sick, and never entered the Nor
NAL school.
There is not single case of cerebro'
spinal meningitis in our city The
health of the normal students have never
been better than at the present time. NJ
epidemic of any kind; no sickness of any
kind. The school is more largely attend
ed than at any previous time The at
| tendance aggregates over 1000 this term
There is no well known educator" b,
the name of "Mr Lincoln Gwvnp" con
| nected with the school; hence he coulI
| not possibly be among the numbe
critically i'll The special is a maliciou,
libel upon Valparaiso and the Northern
| Indiana Normal school.
Fraternally yours,
| j W MOXOn.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

At Trinity church. there will be servi
ces to morrow at and 1915 a m. and
Z 30 p. IN; al the chapel ut $50 p. m.
In the Central Presbyterian church the
Rev. A II Dean, of Monmouth. will
preach at 10:45 ~ IN. No evening ser
vice Sunday school AT $50 n, IN, W.
II. Hatch. superintendent Young peo-
Eies meeting nj $50 Il. IN.
In the First Baptist church al 1O:45 a
IN Mr., F. A Hatch will occupy the
pulpit. No evening service the congre>
CATION joining in the Y. NJ G. A. meet,
ing. Sunday school u $50 u. m, J. W
WEIGH. superintendent. Mission Sun
day school al 3 p. m, Go. p. Lyman,
superintendent.
AT the Christian Chapel, Rev j. H.
Wright's 10:45 N. theme will he
Grace to Help in Time of Need" No
evening service, as the congregation will
unite in the Y. NJ &. A. services. Sun.
day school at 8: Is a m. Mission Sun
day school at 2:30 p. m, at School build
ing No 5.
Twentieth street Evangelical Lutheran
church. the Rev. c. A Mennicke, pas
tor. Text at 10 a. N. | Pet. Ii:21s35
Thema: Den gulen Hirten Jesum
Chaistum, ais das rechte Vorbild seinel
Schafe." Thema at 7:30 p. m: "Vor
den beideu SIanden Christi Service a
Buffalo Prairie next Sunday by A. c
Mennicke.
The third anniversary of the Rocl
Island Y. NJ. G A will be held in Har
per's theatre at 1880 p. m. Il opens witt
y voluntary by the Rock Island Chora
Union, singing Coronation, Scripture
reading and prayer, Presidents remarks
music, address by The Rev. A. ii Dean,
of Mon Mouth. music, address by Gen
eral Secretary F a Hatch. of Kansas
music and benedictioD.
In the Y. NJ G. A rooms at $3.50 p. m
the young mems meeting will be led D.
General Secretary F. a Hatch, of Kan
sas City, Mo.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
The Verdict Unanimous.

W. d. Suit, druggist, Bippus, Ind
testifies: II can recommend Electric
bitters as the very best remedy. Every
bottle sold has given relief in every case
One man took six bottles, and was cured
of rheumatism of ten years standing
Abraham Hare. druggist. Bellvllle. Ohio.
affirms: "rhe best selling medicine |
ever handled In my 90 years experience.
is Electric bitters'" Thousands of Others
have added their testimony, so that the
verdict is unanimous that Electric bitters
do cure all diseases of liver, kidney aud
blood. Only half dollar a bottle al
Hartz & Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
Insure Your Proerty

with J E. Loosely & Co successors to
Hayes 81 Cleaveland) general insurance
agents. Fire, tornado, cargo. life and
accident insurance policies written at
lowest rates given by any reliable com
pany. Ocean steamship passage tickets
Tor sale Office removed to No. 1913
Second avenue. next door east OF Nc.
Intire s. Co.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
THE SANTA FE.
What Rock Islands Boom has
Brought.
About the Great Road
Which is seeking Entrance TO the
City---AIl That is Needed.


surveyors are prowling in her vicinity,
and their presence creates greater cam
motion than the shock of an earthquake.
Peoria National Democrat.
JOY would be better word than ex-
element, in expressing the condition of
Rock Island over the advent of the A,
I. It 5. F. road. The city has been PIES
pairing for this boom too long to allow a
realization of long deferred hope. to cauce
very great excitement. 1t might be add
ed further. that the A. T. & s F., sur
veyors are not prowling around on the
outskirts of the city, but have come and
taken possession, and the town is theirs
if they want it, and if the road they rep
resent does not see what it wants it is at
liberty to ask for it, and it will be fur
nished. Rock Island is indeed hap
py over what appears to be the determine
here. For some time the city has been
enjoying live boom; there has been
900, ~
~ WV VI
spring trade, to believe that the season
1N'' '' 'oS 10 W "i'"'e' sio"'
~ ''' '"a' ''' Ae'
and permanent advancement is to be
made.
" '"'''
7'''N'
says
Tue i'lt from mere 10 r"rt Madison Is
paki, tn Cbicano which ,iu ha ra,,aa
| with new steel is $50 miles The line
from AnCona to Chicago. which will
he doubled tracked, Is about loo miles,
ni,ar nf .on'',rro, a ~" ~, a''"' ' -,
puhIic vhiIc there are several bnndrn5
more miles of rails already here. In
Tact there are rails enough here to build
@ "." ~, ~, i'"s' s"y
hr.pcb which 10 nou ha;rr snryoyed
leaving the man line some twenty miles
west OF Gaesburg
All TINS goes To snow That the new ex'
tensions OF the road are to be hrst class
10 al PARTICULARS ana this is propaoiy on
OF tue reasoils that inns roan mas starred
II boom IN every important town 1t ha
Struck. IL has gwen FL Madison a
boom. and the Same is the case witt
Streator aud Galesburg. Ever
'''''e ''''' ""' oeeu s'uo'
VIZ" 'ne 'ef'' "e'"use Tue r"au
'''i'"s '"'"is" 'ne'e' al" Is putting u
metropolitan ANS III "eHu ea'nes'' AM
se'tinS 'ne'e '"'' why sno"'o not a"cf
iSi"i'u "e "''' J"Se'' VIII" '"'s S'a'e
"i'''''' an" =" P'''t'''' vi "''"S' ''' 'ii
pieSe"' nj "as'' 'c'"'inus vi 81 gre"
r"a"'
ipe Suggestion iiiane III las' evening
ANUS 'h"' COMMITTEE VI Iepieseh'a'i'
cltlzehs go 10 on'caso ana 'ay peIor
tue p'os'uen' vi tue Ni''cdS"' oa'i'a
=" 'i'i ni"' ""o Is i" N"' man "l''i"niS
'he inuu'eineh' TIE Guy Is "i'ilhS u
oHei W encourage INT company Ill III
extension "i us line 10 the CITY mas oeei
met with many manifestations LOT ap
prevail ana meeting Oh the bushes
wen aSs"c'a'ion Will pr"oao'y Ut c"ile'
Inc ifS' Vi 'ne week Ior that purpose
ihere sh"uio NC no oei"s IN 'his ma'ter
ihis Is Ci'e tiiiie !" ACT anu Tue CUISINES
WEN assoeia''on Vi h"eh lsian" canho
iu'ii'' It's ''iisS'oh l" 'ne c''S uniess
''heS 'ne p'os'e' e'eps pf"'lp'y'
Ii e'ei 'ieie was III nooh is'a'iu his
toiS '''e a''''e neou Vi oil ac'i'e CUISINES
men associa'io" 'la' 'i'iie 's now III
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

Wishing to retire from the harness
business, invite all that need anything
in my line to call, as shall sell harness
and all kinds of goods very low. ! also
offer my storeroo IN for rent.
F. LUDOLPH.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
HasFaRD'S ACID PHOSPHATE

IL WINK blUludCU HHu DyNpbpslH.
DR. J G. Winans, Madison, o.. says:
Il have used il in atony of the stomach,
dyspepsia. and vomiting in pregnancy.
and found it an admirable remedy; also
in atomic conditions where phosphorus is
required"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

Stop nj the newly opened and central
ly located Sturtevant house, Broadway
and Twenty ninth Street. Largely re-
built; entirely refuInished; new plumbing;
new elevator, etc. Perfect cuisine; mod.
crate prices; convenient to all the eleva-
ted railroad stations Matthews e. Pier
son, prOprietOrs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
HALF-CENT A W0Hh.

THE ARGUS hereafter Will publish III this col
ann all a ivertisements of Lost, Found, For Rent
For Sale, Bo9rd or Rooms Wanted. and similar
notices, at the low rate Of ORe-half cent tUOrd
each figure word. but no advertisement less
than ten cents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

Prince Henry of Battenberg. writes a
large portion Of Queen Victoris's German
correspondence.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
nj. NJ. CORRETT,

A TTORSEY At LAW, Solicitor in nancery An
Il Notary Public, Abstracts Loans and collcc
tons once Bnfo d's Block, ID avenue, oVe'
Bakers Jpwplry storp uov-al-div
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
The Duke of Argyll is considered the
best speaker in the House of Lords
THE MhhKETSf

CHICAGO. April =
Following were the quotations on the boar
of trad" to-day: Whest-No. 2 April opened
sss4c nominal. closet So; -2sc nominal; May
opened s419c, closed a-lsH: June. opened s}s4c,
closed sj}s-3 Corn No. 2 April opened
H34c nominal. closed 3sIsc nominal. Nay,
opened Sstec closed 3s3s-s4c; Juue opened
40, closed 4Jlsc asked. Oats No = April
op, Sed aud closed Z'a4r nominal: May,
opened 2Si4e, closed 2S}ss; June opened 2gjsc.
closed s9l4c. Pork-April. opened aud closed
5000 nominal May. opened and closed
s20-75 nominal June. opened and closed
SOB nominal. Lard-April, opened and
closed $40 nominal.
Live StocN-rhe Union stock yards report
the following prices: Hogs-Narket opened
strong at s. advance, but easier later;
light grades. 81 o5a15.;0; rough packin $50
85.25, heavy packing and shipping lots:
S525a 81. Cattle Better feeling, TO- higher
inferior TO prime beeves, s4.OD L5.25 cows
s2.lUfs575: SIX kers and feeders, 2756t4 o.
Sheep ar<et steady, common, Sl0U,t4n
good TO ulioI4 ( - lp,Di.9J, shorn sheep $50
G375
Produce: Butter-Fancy Elgin creamery
DG!2 per IN c,uice to fancy dairy, l7@aDs.
Eggs Strictly fresh lAdi2s per doz. Poultry,
Chickens, iG112c per h.; turkeys, s4S1ae:
ducks. sos. .'ntatles In car lots on track
BurbanAs, q 56s per bu.: Early Rose 65I6sc.
Appies-taIr to good. s3=1G4o per bbl'
New York.
Jew YoRK. April q
Wheat-S'eady and firm; No. l red state
s6lac No.2 do. si24c. No. 2 red winter Nay,
s!94c: do June, T39sc; do July, 9lLc. Corn
Very dull; No mixed cash. 50l.c do May.
H. bid; do June, 4S3sc. Uats-Steady; No. /
white state, 8sIslg;s; No. do. Csc: No. 2
mixed April, 3434c' do May. 94Isa. Rye-Nom-
nal Barley - Nominal. Pork-Dull old
mess, sl5UGi5W Lard May, S7.4a: June.
$50.
ROCK ISLAND.
'ia,e-3eI3ic
H.y-I'i,nutny $40 B0b11G9
Yay--Wild -sT d 61900.
Rye-52c.
Corn sec
Pot4boes-55c
CosI--Sof, lie hand 20 or
Cord Wood Ook, S425: Hickory, S.
straw $500: baled 81. 90.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

EOR RENT-PART OF THE ROOM
NJ 1908 Second avenue. suitable foI store OF
Office Apply 20 Coz. ". d. HARRIS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

FOR SALE-A GOOD RIDING PONY
cheap: apply 10 j Nj. UFURD.
1885,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23

For coal, leave orders at Wheelan Bros.
grocery, or at 1903 Second avenue. For
onions and potatoes, apply under May
Bros old stand, Second avenue.
JOUN WARMER
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
Z PER GENT MORTGAGES

EoR SALE. OLD PAPERS IN ANY
quantity at this office, cheap
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
For Rent
Earth & Babcock, Dentists.

The store building formerly occupied
by W H. Luudy on Second avenue; en-
Quire of, E, E. PARMENTER.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
LOCAL NOTICES.

Offerman's Island for church and
society picnlcs; Steamer Dick Clyde. For
terms apply to John Bleuer, 121
Eighteenth street. Rock Island.
E f. Parmenter attorney at law q.
Makes collections. loans money and will
tleni to any legal business intrusted to
him Office, postoffice block. Rock Isl
and. Ills. ds&w1y
Insure in the Boylston Insurance Co. OF
Boston. Mass, organized 1872. Assets
nearly 81, 100000. E. ". Hurst. agent
Office over Rock Island National Bank.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-23
VIM. HcEnly,

Attorney at law, loans money on coed
security, makes collections. Reference,
Mitchell Il Lyude. bankers. Office in
post office block
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-04-19
IN THE LANE.

And art thou then. my heart. too old
Ever TO leap with love again,
10 feel the strong blood. rolled
Through heaving breast and teeming
brain?
ID IL no more, my heart. for thee
lilies one unquestioned ecstacy?
Are faded quite those dim, far days
When music mothered every sound,
When up and down youths happy ways
Fared glores on eternal roundP
Has chill OF years killed every Joy
Tint blossomed for the wandering boyP
These are the trees once known so well
We felt to them all but beknown;
Their very shadow we could tell
From Others by the forest thrown,
She same glad songs from bush and Dough
As once we heard, we hear them now.
And these sweet flowers beneath my feet,
Their young eyes greet us as OF yore.
The hope, there Still they think to meet
Her glance that shall not answer more;
To us alone it cannot be
They re looking up 80 tenderly.
This is the same gray path we took
Behind the slowly going day;
As they do now the light leaves shook
When evening breezes blew this way;
And there's the glow upon the dome,
And here the cows are coming home.
Alb no, good heart, thou still canst STIR
Still lives the love first bid thee leap:
Still are we at the side OF her
They laid away heath yonder steep.
Though clods be on her and "A stone,
I'm the dear old lane we're not alone.
j ohm Vance Cheney in the March Century.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-04-19
Whittier on His Contemporaries

From the Boston Advertiser.
Whittier, in an interview, once said
that Hawthorne, Emerson, Longfel.
low and himself had always been
friends. There were no jealousies, and
each took part in the work and sue
cesses OF the others. They would eX-
change notes upon their productions,
and il one saw q kindly notice OF the
other it was always cut out and sent
to him. Hawthorne was by the 9th
ers regarded as the greatest master OF
the English language. Whittier de-
scribes himself as unlike any OF the
rest, for he never had any method.
When he felt like it he wrote, and nei-
ther had the health nor the patience
to revise his work afterward. 1t usu-
ally went as it was originally complet-
ed. Emerson wrote with great care
and would not only revise his manu-
scripts carefully, but frequently reword
the whole thing on the proof sheets.
Longfellow, too, was very careful
writer. He would lay his work by
and then revise it. He would often
consult with his friends about his pro-
ductions before they were given to the
world. 81 WAS not so fortunate" says
the Quaker poet. 81 have lived most
ly secluded life, with little pa.
thence to draw upon, and only a few
friends for associates. What writing
| have done has been for the love oft.
/ have ever been timid OF what ! have
penned. 1t is really marvel to me
that have gathered any literary repu-
tation from my productions"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-04-19

up the slanting deck, and laid hold OF
the main clew garnet to get up the
starboard clew. The sail was fast
bound back to the mast and rigging
by the force OF the squat. and / might
as we'll have tried to lift the ship.
There was boom like the roar OF a
cannon, and ] saw the jb, blown clear
out OF the bolt-ropes, fly away like a
white cloud to leeward. shouted to
the helmsman, "Put your wheel to
starboard there-hard starboardl"
There came no ans wer.
"Starboard that wheel there; quick,
for Gods sakel" Still there was
no reply. Believing that the man
had been carried overheard, l
turned hastily and looked toward
the pinnacle. A prolonged glare OF
sulphurous light lit up the scene as |
gazed aft, and saw as distinctly as
ever saw anything in my life-a man
at the wheel-not the man l had spok-
EN- to few minutes before, but him
they had left to die upon the beach at
Bermuda-the Malay. He stood there,
his hands grasping the spokss, the
embodiment OF avenging fate, and l
saw to my horror, that he had
put the wheel hard to port. This
meant destruction to us all, and,
despite the icy terror OF my
heart, / again shouted in my
despair, "Starboard your wheel! hard
q starboard" Back upon the gale was
borne the answering cry, a cry OF
doom, GAY, ay, sir Hard port" l
then knew full well that the Helen
Mar was lost. Held firmly in the teeth
OF the furious squall by the hand OF
the ghostly helmsman, the doomed
vessel reared her bows high in air
like the head of q frightened steed. l
drew my knife and cut loose from its
flashing an extra spar that had been
made fast to the bulwarks. Looking
seaward | saw huge billow rising
mountain high over the stern. For q
second it hung curling above us, and
then descended with the fury OF an avail
anche, smashing the deck and bulwarks
OF the Helen Mar as though they were
OF paste-board. Graspingmy precious
spar, was borne by the billow lar
out to leeward. l managed to cling
to my frall support until daybreak,
when, as by miracle, was rescued
by the crew of the Danish brig "RolIo,"
bound for st. George. After my re-
covery from the fever into which | was
thrown by the events OF that night, |
told my story in substance to the
ships owners as | have told it here.
They naturally concluded that my
reason was unhinged by suffering
and exposure; hence, to my incompe-
tency as q seaman, rather than to the
real cause, have they ever since ascrib-
ed the "Loss OF the Helen Mar"
L. G. j.